Nassar bills expected to change regardless of MSU deal

May 17, 2018

The settlement agreement requiring victims to drop support of certain bills was “extraordinary” as it allows one branch of government to demand citizens not engage in advocacy protected by the First Amendment, said James Marsh, an attorney whose White Plains, New York Marsh Law Firm represents sexual abuse victims.

A University of Michigan Law School graduate who still owns property in the state, Marsh, partner of New York-based Marsh Law Firm, specializes in representing victims in Title IX, sexual abuse and child pornography cases.

He said the agreement goes beyond the silence of a non-disclosure agreement, which would require the plaintiff to refrain from talking about the event in question or the existence of the agreement.

“This is not a private organization,” Marsh said. “This is the government that’s acting here, and these are First Amendment rights.”

Client Testimonials

“I just wanted to send my sincerest and heartfelt thank you and congratulations for the passage of the CVA on Monday! I know how hard you lobbied for it. I’m incredibly thankful as are hundreds of other child victims of predators who have lived for so long with the memories of the vile criminal acts committed against them so many years ago. It’s almost surreal that there’s light at the end of the tunnel and justice will be served .”